Synonyms for sniff
snɪfsniff

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1. sniff, snuffverb

   sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

   Synonyms:
   snuff

2. sniff, whiffverb

   perceive by inhaling through the nose

   "sniff the perfume"

   Synonyms:
   sniffle, whiff, puff

3. sniff, sniffleverb

   inhale audibly through the nose

   "the sick student was sniffling in the back row"

   Synonyms:
   sniffle, whiff, snuffle, blub, blubber, snivel

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1. • Inhale

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1. wuffle

   to sniff gently

   the large bear wuffled the sweet berrys

   Submitted by anonymous on February 17, 2021  

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1. sniffverb

   Synonyms:
   snuff

2. sniffverb

   Synonyms:
   snuff, inhale, breathe, breathe in

3. sniffnoun

   Synonyms:
   snuff

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. sniffnoun

   Synonyms:
   snuff, breath

2. sniffverb

   Synonyms:
   snuff, scent, smell

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1. List of paraphrases for "sniff":

   snort, sniffing, smell

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How to use sniff in a sentence?

1. Kazushige Touhara:

   Although there are many circumstances in which humans utilize olfactory cues for communication, there is no authentic pheromone that has been chemically identified, i believe there is no classic sex pheromone in humans that elicits attractive behavior to the opposite sex. But there are probably crucial odors that affect each other's emotions - for example, a baby's head smell that parents sniff and feel happy, and a woman's axillary (underarm) odors that affect the emotions of males.

2. Brian Johns:

   Dayton Police Department policy requires the occupants of the vehicle to exit for their own safety and safety of the K-9 officer to perform this free-air sniff.

3. Liron Rozenkrantz:

   What we measure, the sniff response, is quite intuitive (and) adults and children with typical development react similarly.

4. Denny Hamlin:

   There was a point where I never thought I’d even sniff a victory here, the team has found a setup that has worked with my driving style. The team goes to work to give me what I need to go fast.

5. Mary McCarthy:

   Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.